In May, the amusement park cited weather concerns as the ride's opening was delayed.

Late Wednesday officials at Worlds of Fun said the ride received all the state "sign-offs" necessary to open.

SteelHawk takes riders up 301 feet on a steel gondola and rotates 27 mph for a 60-second flight.

In its previous life the ride was called Windseeker at a California amusement park. Park officials shut it down after riders were twice stranded at the top. It never reopened because the park did not replace the ladders to meet safety standards in California. Those ladders are legal in other states.